Heritage Network Conference 2025
September 28th - 30th
Bradford
Join us in Bradford City of Culture for the heritage networking event of the year; an exhilarating three days of tours, visits, presentations, discussions, socialising and networking.
Early bird tickets are on sale now.
There are additional discounts for Network, Partner, Supporter and Student members. Email admin@heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk for your discount code.
Network Academy 2025
September - December 2025
Online
Does your organisation need to make a step change? Join our Network Academy cohort of leaders online this autumn to discover how to:
- become fit for funding (including effective bid-writing)
- develop your organisational strategy
- diversify your income streams
Get ready to work on real-life issues with your cohort, develop your capabilities, widen your support networks and create an action plan for your organisation. Deadline 3rd September 2025.
People Power: Growing and Supporting Heritage Volunteers
3rd September, 4 - 6:30pm
Online
Part of the Heritage Toolbox Programme for organisations in West Yorkshire.
Volunteers are essential to heritage organisations—but how do you attract, manage, and retain them? This workshop explores different volunteer roles, best practices in volunteer management, and how to create an inclusive and rewarding experience for your volunteers.
You’ll gain valuable insights into building a thriving volunteer network.
Heritage Carbon Literacy Training Scotland
9th and 16th September
Online
What is Carbon Literacy training?
Carbon Literacy is a key way for organisations to gain an awareness of the causes and impacts of climate change and an understanding of carbon emissions. It provides a great foundation for individuals, teams and organisations to begin to take steps towards reducing their carbon emissions and become more environmentally sustainable.
Session dates:
Session 1 (9th September) – 10.00 -12.30
Session 2 (16th September) – 10.00 -12.30
Everyone Belongs: Inclusive Practice in Heritage Spaces
10th September, 4 - 6:30pm
Online
Part of the Heritage Toolbox Programme for organisations in West Yorkshire.
Want to make your organisation more inclusive and accessible? This workshop covers digital inclusion, inclusive marketing, audience diversification, and practical steps to widen participation.
You’ll learn how to break down barriers and ensure your heritage organisation is inclusive and welcoming to all.
Emphasis on inclusion – practical sessions about digital inclusion, inclusive marketing and social media, accessibility.
Who’s Missing?: Diversifying Heritage Audiences
18th September, 4 - 6:30pm
Online
Part of the Heritage Toolbox Programme for organisations in West Yorkshire.
Want to make your organisation more inclusive and accessible? This workshop covers digital inclusion, inclusive marketing, audience diversification, and practical steps to widen participation.
You’ll learn how to break down barriers and ensure your heritage organisation is inclusive and welcoming to all.
Emphasis on diversity – practical sessions about wider engagement, audience and membership diversification
Cultural Catalyst: Arts and Culture as a Vehicle for Regeneration
18th September, 10:45 - 12:30
Online
This event will explore how arts, culture, and heritage can act as powerful catalysts for regeneration.
Focusing on real-world examples, it will show how councils and community stakeholders can use local heritage, both built and cultural, as a foundation for revitalising high streets, attracting investment, and strengthening community identity.
An expert panel of professionals from across the heritage, culture, and arts sectors will share case studies and strategies that demonstrate the value of heritage-led approaches. From reimagining historic buildings to supporting local creative economies, the session will highlight how heritage can be a catalyst for sustainable regeneration; economically, socially, and culturally.
Coastal Heritage of the North East
19th September, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Portsoy
Join us at the Salmon Bothy in Portsoy for a day of insightful presentations, networking, and historic building tours.
This is a hugely exciting time as the North East Scotland Preservation Trust (NESPT) works to develop its significant long-term pipeline of regeneration projects in and around Portsoy’s A-listed Old Harbour.
We will hear directly from the NESPT and a variety of wonderful neighbouring projects showcasing the efforts being made to preserve and revive coastal heritage across north east Scotland.
Energy-Efficient Heritage: Saving Power, Preserving Place
24th September, 4 - 6:30pm
Online
Part of the Heritage Toolbox Programme for organisations in West Yorkshire.
This workshop will explore quick wins and long-term strategies to reduce your organisation’s carbon footprint, improve energy efficiency, and access funding for sustainable initiatives.
You’ll leave with actionable steps to make your organisation more environmentally and financially sustainable.
North UK Mills Group
7th October, 10 - 11:30am
Online
These free, online meetings are for anyone with an interest in mill heritage, owners or operators of commercial or converted historic mill buildings and/or those of us with a full-time role in developing and/or running mills.
Our theme for October is ‘River restoration and water power’, with speakers Hannah Swanson (Scottish Environment Protection Agency) and Mark Watson (Historic Environment Scotland).
Connect & Learn: The Building
8th October, 12 - 1:30pm
Online
For organisations based in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Glasgow, or Neath Port Talbot.
This workshop is designed for community organisations who work with, or from, a historic building. As well as connecting you with others who share your experiences, it will provide an accessible introduction to key topics including:
- Engaging and involving your community
- Recruiting and retaining volunteers
- Good governance
- Partnership working and stakeholder relationships
With guest speaker Shane Quinn from Belfast Buildings Trust.
Cultural Catalyst: Compulsory purchase and Asset transfer in Heritage
9th October 2:00pm
Online
This focused session explores the role of compulsory purchase and community asset transfer as strategic tools in heritage-led regeneration. Aimed at local authority officers, building preservations trust and community stakeholders involved in planning, regeneration, and cultural development. The event will examine how councils can unlock the potential of neglected or underused historic buildings to drive wider place-based regeneration schemes.
The session will highlight how these mechanisms can support economic development, strengthen local identity, and create long-term value through cultural and community reuse of historic assets. It will also explore the challenges, risks, and opportunities of taking ownership of heritage buildings to achieve strategic regeneration outcomes.
Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of the tools available, real-life examples of successful interventions, and insights into how councils and community groups can collaborate to lead impactful, heritage-driven regeneration.
Cultural Catalyst Symposium - Regenerating Armagh City
14th October, 09:30 am
Armagh
This one-day symposium will explore how heritage, culture, and placemaking can play a transformative role in the regeneration of Northern Ireland’s historic townscapes. As towns across the region face social, economic, and environmental challenges, there is growing recognition that their unique historic character and cultural assets can be central to sustainable renewal.
The morning programme will feature presentations, discussions and break out sessions, each led by an expert panel of practitioners from local government, heritage bodies, cultural organisations, and regeneration specialists. Panel discussions will explore topics such as adaptive reuse of historic buildings, successful collaborative working, widening participation in placemaking, and funding models for heritage-led regeneration.
In the afternoon, delegates will take part in a series of guided site visits to nearby historic spaces and live regeneration projects, offering on-the-ground insight into how theory translates into action. These visits will showcase innovative reuse of historic sites helping to re-energise town centres.
Designed for council officers, building preservation trusts, elected members, planners, and cultural partners, the symposium will provide inspiration, practical tools, and networking opportunities to support the regeneration of Northern Ireland’s rich historic environments.
Connect & Learn: The People
22nd October, 12 - 1:30pm
Online
For organisations based in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Glasgow, or Neath Port Talbot.
This workshop is designed for community organisations who work with, or from, a historic building. It will provide an accessible introduction to key topics including:
- Exploring need and demand in your community
- Identifying potential uses for your building
- Undertaking feasibility studies and options appraisals
- Balancing strong visions with flexibility, and more!
With guest speakers Ingrid Shearer and Niall Gallacher from Glasgow Building Preservation Trust
Cultural Catalyst: Embedding Retro-fit strategies into a Capital Project
30th October, 2pm
Online
This session will explore how local authorities, community organisations and building preservation trusts can effectively embed carbon reduction and retrofit strategies into the planning and delivery of capital projects,with a focus on heritage or cultural assets. With growing pressures to meet net-zero targets, organisations are increasingly seeking practical, scalable approaches to decarbonise their built environment—without compromising heritage value or project viability.
An expert panel will share insights, lessons learned, and case studies from recent capital developments. The discussion will cover key considerations such as sustainable design, fabric-first approaches, integrating low-carbon technologies, and accessing relevant funding streams.
This event is designed for organisations working in capital delivery, estates, planning, regeneration, and climate teams. It will provide a practical understanding of how to balance carbon goals with heritage sensitivities, compliance, and community outcomes—ensuring that capital projects contribute meaningfully to both environmental and place-based regeneration objectives.
Connect & Learn: The Use
5th November, 12 - 1:30pm
Online
For organisations based in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Glasgow, or Neath Port Talbot.
This workshop is designed for community organisations who work with, or from, a historic building. As well as connecting you with others who share your experiences, it will provide an accessible introduction to key topics including:
- Why traditional buildings matter and how they work
- Assessing the condition of your building
- Understanding pathways to ownership
- Working with building professionals, your local authority, and more!
Speaker information and details will be listed as they are confirmed.
Network Day
12 November
Online
Join us for Network Day! These are member-only events with four different sections. Get a ticket for the whole day and drop into the sessions that interest you.
Sessions include:
- The Basics
- Where’s the Money?
- Ask the experts
- Special Interest
Speaker information and details will be listed as they are confirmed, closer to the date of the event.
Heritage Carbon Literacy Training Scotland
13th and 20th November
Online
What is Carbon Literacy training?
Carbon Literacy is a key way for organisations to gain an awareness of the causes and impacts of climate change and an understanding of carbon emissions. It provides a great foundation for individuals, teams and organisations to begin to take steps towards reducing their carbon emissions and become more environmentally sustainable.
Session dates:
Session 1 (13th November) – 14.00-16.30
Session 2 (20th November) – 14.00-16.30
Cultural Catalyst: Placemaking, community consultation and participation
13th November, 10:30am
Online
This session explores how meaningful placemaking and community consultation can strengthen heritage-led regeneration and ensure that cultural and capital projects deliver long-term, inclusive benefits. As councils and community organisations work to revitalise historic places, engaging diverse communities and building local ownership is critical to long- term success.
An expert panel will share practical approaches to consultation, co-design, and participation. Case studies will demonstrate how councils and community organisations have successfully involved local voices in shaping projects, from early visioning through to delivery, leading to more resilient, relevant, and celebrated outcomes.
Designed for councils and organisations working in regeneration, planning, culture, community development, and engagement, this session will offer insight into how to build trust, reach underrepresented groups, and embed social value into place-based projects. It will also consider how cultural activity can act as a gateway to participation, bringing communities into the heart of regeneration processes.

Introduction to Heritage Trust Network
Various dates
Online
A brief webinar to introduce partners, funders, potential new members and other organisations to the work of Heritage Trust Network.
What is Heritage Trust Network? Who are our members? What do we do for them? What makes us different from other national heritage organisations? Should your organisation join? Should you recommend people to join? Could you be working in partnership with us? Join this webinar to find out.